April 23, 2006, Sunday

UNIVERSITIES IN THE MARKETPLACE The Commercialization Of Higher Education By Derek Bok Princeton University Press. 233 pages. $22.95. What might Harvard do for money if necessary? Put Nike logos on sports uniforms or the gym? Hold back a...

May 17, 2003, Saturday

College presidents always need more money, and in the 1980's, during Derek Bok's tenure as president of Harvard, a major pharmaceutical firm made him a tempting financial offer. It would pay $1 million a year to Harvard Medical School, along with...